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'''''Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan''''' is an oil painting of 1623 by [[Dirck van Baburen]] of the [[Utrecht School]], and an example of [[Baroque]] [[chiaroscuro]].<br />
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The painting represents a tale from Greco-Roman mythology. [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]], the messenger of the gods, watches the club-footed blacksmith god, [[Vulcan (mythology)|Vulcan]], punish the bold and cunning Titan [[Prometheus]] for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to mortals. Prometheus's punishment is to be bound to a rock and to have his liver consumed daily by an eagle, which appears partially at the top left.<br />
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The painting mysteriously has two signatures: the first is a clear signature below the right-hand shoulder of Prometheus. During a restoration of the painting, a second signature was discovered at the lower left by his hand.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}<br />
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In some versions of a Greek creation myth, Prometheus forges humans from clay and the stolen fire brings them to life. A painting, ''Adam and Eve'', also by Baburen, was sold at auction in 1707 together with the ''Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan'', and one might conjecture that the two works formed a pair, both being illustrations of creation.<ref>{{cite web|title='Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan' on the Rijksmuseum site|url=http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/SK-A-1606?page=4&lang=en&context_space=aria_catalogs&context_id=Term_00026116_en|accessdate=21 April 2011}}</ref><ref>Lilian H. Zirpolo, ''Historical Dictionary of Baroque Art and Architecture'', London, Rowman & Littlefield, 2nd edition, 2018, p. 90</ref><br />
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